he was a prince of stances, effect above essence: she knows this now.
but it takes little - a posture, a profile, a pair of pigeoned toes - to remind her poignantly of something she no longer truly remembers.
Somehow I think the text is much more important than the image today. But I don't get it, I admit. But the you'll maybe always remain a mystery to me, Lynn.
Sometimes what is left unsaid is more evocative than what is spelled in clear words. Memories do not need to be clear to be powerful... They can be a smell, a shape reflected in an unlikely mirror, and recreate a whole world that we thought was gone.
Somehow I think the text is much more important than the image today. But I don't get it, I admit. But the you'll maybe always remain a mystery to me, Lynn.
ReplyDeleteThe dream of the dream. The things that are there and you know that, but could find them. Memory laps and more... lot more.
ReplyDeletetime reveals what is truly important.
ReplyDeleteSweet capture.
ReplyDeleteYour writing just knocks me out...
ReplyDeleteIs this one of your very early memories that is just out of your reach?
ReplyDeleteSometimes what is left unsaid is more evocative than what is spelled in clear words. Memories do not need to be clear to be powerful... They can be a smell, a shape reflected in an unlikely mirror, and recreate a whole world that we thought was gone.
ReplyDeletea sweet memory of time passing, lingering in thought and brought back in the beauty of an image ... lovely ...
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